Close Call !

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  1. Capt Kirk

    Capt Kirk Thank a Veteran today!

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    I had a meeting in town last night and had taken the Jeep. Had it i 4 wheel going out the driveway, but our road was just wet, so I shifted back into 2 wheel. I pulled out onto the highway and started across the bridge and hit black ice. Started fishtailing back and forth across both lanes. Luckily no traffic in either direction. I got it into 4 wheel and got pulled out of it. Turned around and came back home. No damage and no injuies. Just scared the crap out of me. I came really close to doing a 360.
     
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    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    That black ice is really dangerous, very good thing you were in the Jeep with 4WD. Glad to hear you made it back home safely.
     
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    Thank goodness you kept your head and managed to pull out of it. I'd have gone back home too. Black ice is so treacherous and at night is doubly dangerous.
     
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    CritterPainter Awed by Nature

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    !!!!! whew, so glad you pulled out of that!
     



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    Netty Chaotic Gardener Plants Contributor

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    I would have gone home too Capt!
     
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    kuntrygal Texas Rose

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    Glad you are OK..I did several 360 on black ice many years ago. Meeting...what meeting :?: :?: :?:
     
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    I hate it when the car suddenly decides to either go home or go somewhere else other than where I intended it to go. I haven't had it happen to me since we got the Subary, fortunately. I'm glad nobody else was on that road, and I'm glad you turned back.
     

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